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Most "AI PDF converters" push every PDF through an LLM: slow, costly, and prone to invented text. TokDown checks first whether your PDF already has a text layer. If it does, it copies it character-exact, instantly and for free, with zero hallucinations. Only true scans go through OCR, and we always show you which path your file took. No signup, nothing stored on the server, right from your browser toolbar. Clean Markdown for Obsidian, Notion and AI workflows.
Hey! 👋 We're Carlos, Ale, and Naty from Colombia, and we built TokDown because we were tired of "AI PDF converters" that do one thing: push everything through an LLM.
Here's the thing: most PDFs already have a text layer. Sending them to an LLM is slow, costs money, and risks the model hallucinating words that aren't even in your document. That felt wrong to us.
So TokDown takes the honest approach: it checks first whether your PDF already has text. If it does, it extracts it character-for-character, instantly, for free, with zero hallucinations. Only true scans go through OCR, and we always tell you which path your file took. Almost no one does that.
A few decisions we're proud of:
+Zero data retention: Your file is processed and discarded immediately. Scans processed via third-party OCR are discarded right after. No signup, no accounts.
+Deterministic-first: Text is text—no AI guessing when it doesn't need to.
+Full transparency: Every result clearly labels whether it was "Deterministic" or "AI (vision)".
+Honest limits: 5 pages per file for now, while we keep our OCR bill sane.
+Trilingual: The web app works seamlessly in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
+Chrome extension: Convert without ever leaving your browser.
It's free and we'd love your honest feedback. What kind of PDFs give you the biggest headache to convert? Drop a comment below—we'll read every single one!
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About TokDown on Product Hunt
“PDF → Markdown, instantly. No login, no storage.”
TokDown was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #157 on the daily leaderboard. Most "AI PDF converters" push every PDF through an LLM: slow, costly, and prone to invented text. TokDown checks first whether your PDF already has a text layer. If it does, it copies it character-exact, instantly and for free, with zero hallucinations. Only true scans go through OCR, and we always show you which path your file took. No signup, nothing stored on the server, right from your browser toolbar. Clean Markdown for Obsidian, Notion and AI workflows.
TokDown was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.8k followers), Productivity (662k followers), Notes (8.4k followers) and Developer Tools (520.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 270k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted TokDown?
TokDown was hunted by Carlos Alberto Correa Builes. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Carlos Alberto Correa Builes